Shloka 11

Nahūṣa as Ajagara: Virtue Hierarchy, Karmic Gati, and the Psychology of Mind–Intellect

Devanagari script

ततः क्रमेणोपययुर्न॒वीरा यथागतेनैव पथा समग्रा: विहृत्य मासं सुखिनो बदर्या किरातराज्ञो विषयं सुबाहो:,इसके बाद वे सारे नरवीर जिस मार्गसे आये थे, क्रमशः उसी मार्गसे चल दिये। बदरिकाश्रममें एक मासतक सुखपूर्वक विहार करके उन्होंने किरातनरेश सुबाहुके राज्यकी ओर प्रस्थान किया

Transliteration

tataḥ krameṇopayayur naravīrā yathāgatenaiva pathā samagrāḥ | vihṛtya māsaṃ sukhino badaryā kirātarājño viṣayaṃ subāhoḥ ||

Translation

于是，诸位英勇之士依次再度启程，仍循来时之路而行。他们在跋陀梨（Badarī）安然栖止一月，以守持之休憩涵养身心；随后便向迦罗多（Kirāta）王苏婆呼（Subāhu）之境进发——如行旅者循正道、守次第而不紊。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

क्रमेणin order, gradually

उपययुःthey went, departed

नरवीराःheroic men, warriors

यथाas, just as

आगतेनby the (same) come/used (route)

एवindeed, just, only

पथाby the path, via the route

समग्राःall together, entire

विहृत्यhaving sported/dwelt (for pleasure)

मासम्a month

सुखिनःhappy, at ease

बदर्याम्in Badarī (Badarikā-āśrama region)

किरातराज्ञःof the Kirāta king

विषयम्territory, domain

सुबाहोःof Subāhu

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

naravīrāḥ (the heroic men/warriors)

Badarī (Badarikāśrama)

Kirāta king Subāhu

Kirāta territory (viṣaya)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights orderly conduct and purposeful movement: after a period of wholesome rest in a sacred place (Badarī), the heroes resume their journey by the proper route and proceed toward their next duty. It suggests balance—recreation and renewal are legitimate when they support continued right action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that the group of heroes departs in sequence along the same path they used earlier. After spending one month happily at Badarī, they head toward the domain of the Kirāta ruler Subāhu, marking a transition to the next episode/location.